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The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-01-02
No. los BLOW Ouf

No. 10 Engine. house, on Halliday street.
Lafayette, was gayly decorated With flags.
ETC., last evening A lsr2e table, so feet
IN length, was laden with all the delicaeles
of the season. Invitations had been sent
to the Govern. r, Mayor. the Aldermen
and many citizens. Letters of regret were
received from tile Governor and Mayor
The callers numbered over 200. Among
those who came were all the members Of
the City Bo lrds, Aldermen, the Fat Mems
Club and other notables and officials. In
the evening songs aud Rotations were In
order. A number of large cak.s (uncutl
fruits and Other delicac:es will be sent to
the Children's Home.
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-01-02
THE Fat MEN GO 4 CALLING.
Their Start from Jersey Avenue Wit
messed by Throng of Spectators.

ncSStu ny IL AhtOu3 VI 6ECSAAtOES
At two o'clock yesterday afternoon, five
carriages of ordinary size, were stationed in
front of VIM NJ. Hsrbert's store on Jersey
avenue near First street, where the regular
meetings of the Fat Me1's Club are held.
The fat men had decided to MAKE New
Years calls on such of their friends who
would consider it safe to receive them
and it may be remarked that these frisnds
were very numerous. The intention CT the
Fat Mems Club to make New Years calls
had been announced by the SUNDAY MORN
ING News, and in eonseq fence there was a
large crowd at the starting point to witness
the endeavors of the fat men to enter the
carriages. This rather difficult feat on the
part of the fat men was also witnessed by
others who did not form part of the assem-
bled throng. At every window where q
view of the carriages could be obtained,
faces of men, women and children could
be seen hattened against the glass panes
aad peering out in anxious expectancy.
The assembled throng, however,, had the
point of vantage. They witnessed the ap-
pearance of every heavy weight, and the
light weights, or shadows as they may be
properly called, made various comments on
the mears which some ofthe heavy weights
lad employed to increase their weight
to the required limit of two handred
pounds. The first of the fat men to
attempt an entry TO his carriage was the
presi lent, Erastas Lewis, who, by the way,
weiens 4l6 pounds. Mr.. Lewis sew fit to
have his carriage driven around to First
street, where he thought he would be free
! from the curiosity seekers. But the crowd
| followed, and small boys of about ninety
! pounds weight looked at their lean frames
| and wondered if they would ever weigh 416
pounds, They saw what they We're looking
for when Mr.. Lewis appeared on the scene
and was assisted into his carriage. The
carriage did not break, but it came the
next thing to tit was nearly upset. The
memt ers saw fit to put Mr.. Symes, the
lightest member of the club, in the car
riage with Mr.. Lewis. The other four car.
rlages were also well filed. Judge Weed,
VIM NJ Herbert md S. Grinsted occupied
one; Patrick Cronin, John Mulqueeney and
Officer Luyster occupied another, and the
remaining had their proportionate share of
fat men. When they were filed, the car
risges rolled off in southerly direction.
amid the cheers and salutations of the as
sembled throng; and thus the Fat Meas
Club started off to make their first New
Years calls, as club.
1t was decided that at every place they
called they would leave card, containing
the names of the members and their re-
spective weights. The card is very elab-
orately gotten up, and will be valuable
sonvanir
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-01-02

Joseph Reddy, his wife and two sons
live at 189 Montgomery street. Theirs is
not peaceful lot, and family fights ar
numerous The trouble is that the mother
and one son agree aud that the father and
the other son agree, but, taken sltoge' her,
they persist in disagreeing. Yesterday they
had row and it WAS necessary for Officer
that the father and his partner were ARE s.
ell and lockek up on eharges of assault and
battery preferred by the mother and her
partner.
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-01-02
THE CURTAIN RUNG DOWN.
Actress LILLIAN 0Icott Overcome by the
Exertion of Her Part.

Actress Lillian oIcott Overcome by the
Exertion of Her Part.
Probably nothing that has been put on
the boards at the Academy in many days
has elected SO mach comment as the play
of'Theodora, and the performance of the
leading role in it by Miss Lillian Olcott.
Miss Oicott is a daughter of Dr. Olcott,
formerly of this city. Last Friday evening
she went upon the stage in the second
scene, ard had just taken her place on the
settee when she swooned. The fact that
she had lost consciousness was obs erVed at
once and the curtain was rung down
Manager Henderson stepped in front of it
and announced that the lady had been
overcome by her exertions, and would be
ready in few moments to go on with the
performance. After delay of about ff-
teen minutes, the play was resumed.
''M IS Olcott, said Manager Henderson
to a SUNDAY MORNING NEWS representative
yesterday, sis not of robust build, and her
part is Tary trying and laborious one.
She has tainted on previous occasions, l be-
heve, owing to the tension the perform
ance of her part produced. It is Bern
hardt's strong part, and the effort of the
performance isso straining and trying to
her, too, that she will consent to appear in
it only three times in a week"
Manager Henderson said incidentally
that he had made contract with Margaret
Mather and all her company-eyen to the
supernumerarie appear at the theatre
in two weeks. Her plays will be mounted
and presented just as they are now at the
Union Square Theatre in New York.
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-01-02
Some Figures Of Traf,c.

At the close of business last evening, the
Erie had 2, 700 loaded E ast-bound cars GA
the Eastern division of which 700 were in
the yard at Jersey City; 273 at Saddle
River, in Bergen county, and 425 at west
end of the tunnel As the West bound
business equals, if it does not excel the
East-bound, some idea can be formed of
the enormous quantities of freight moved
by the trunk lines,
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-01-02
A Badly Battered sailor

About ten o'clock last evening battered
specimen of humanity with knobs all over
his eoSntenance Appeared at the First Pre-
cinet Station and said that five sailors,
his companions, had set upon and at
te@pted to kill him. officer Coward went
with him to arrest his assailants, but no
trace Of eight could be discovered except
the merks on the drunken mans face, aud
1t was decided to lock him up as evidence
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-01-02
Freeholder shaughnessy arrested.

George Langen, while in an intoxicated
condition yesterday, entered Freeholder
Saaughnessy's saloon at 125 Montgomery
street. Langen's condition was such that
Freebooter Shaughnessy thought fitto eject
him from the stoze, which he did Laugen
deeming that he had been ass tulted, ap-
piled to Judge Robinson for warrant for
Shaughnessy's arrest. The warrant was
issued and Shaughnessv was arrested.
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-01-02
WAAT 1T AEANS.
The story Of an Advertisement Abont
Barney Carlin's Wife.
The following advertisement appeared in
the local papers on Friday afternoon

70 the public: Whereas my wife; Annie F.
oarlin, has left her home, l forbid all persons
frem harboring or trusting her on my account.
B. CARr1S,
1861 Seventh st,
Chicago papers please copy.
A SUNDAY MORNING News reporter visit
ed the above named number last evening
to investigate the matter. In response to
the reporters woman appeared, whose
eyes indicating that she had received severe
treatment from some person. The woman
was the one mentioned in the above ad-
vertisement Shs is the second wife of
Bernard Carlin, who is the foreman of
the lighterage boats at the. Erie Eie-
vator Mr.. Cariin was seem by the re-
porter and he gave the following facts in
explanation of sthe advertisement He
married his present wife in Chicago about
twelve years ago. He then removed to
Jersey City, and for a few years everything
went along smoothly. His wife afterwards
began to grow careless and abandoned her
household duties, and she has since con-
tinued t. be Indifferent to his comfort.
Last Mo day night she left the house End
did aake her appearance again until
Frida gening, but IN the meantime ne
had caused the advertisement to be pub
lished, supposing that she had gone to
OHIcdSO. ONCE ueI IetuFu u6 has ulScON-
cred that his wife, during his absence,
spent her time between this city add NJ +
RON in visiting different saloons. This was
too much for Mr.. Carlin, and he threatened
to sue for a divorce.
Mrs. Carlin for her side said that her
husband was drunkard, and in his fits of
drunkenness abused her. She further
charged that Mr.. Carlin killed his first
wife, and that he married his first wife OILY
because he was compelled to- She further
stated that that Benny Carlin, a son of her
husband by his former wife, assaulted her
causing the condition of her eyes. The
end is not yet Mr.. Carlin declares he is
on the war path and is determined to put
an end to his domestic troubles.
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-01-02

A cooked main bet veen jersey and
Long ISLAM birds, n 1t far from this city
y steeday, resulted in victory for the
J IseJ birc 8.
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-01-02
nhfa week nt,he Acndemx.

The side splitting ''Parlor Match will
be truck every night this week ut the
Acad smy Of Music.
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-01-02

70 the public: Whereas my wife; Annie F.
oarlin, has left her home, forbid all persons
frem harboring or trusting her on my account.
b. CARrhN
1886 Z Seventh 81
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1887-04-09
The Human N1anuractorr.

A man may eat and drink heartily all day, and sit and lounge about do- ing nothing. In one sense of the word {; but his body must keep hard at work all the time or it will die. Suppose the stomach refused to work within ten minutes alter hearty dinner, the man would die of conyulsions in few hours; or cholera or cramp collie would rack and wreck him. Supposing the pores of the skin-meaning thereby the glan- dular apparatus with which they are connected-should go on strike, he would in an hour be burning up with fever; oppression would weigh upon the system, and soon become insup- portable. Suppose the liver became mulish, the appetite would be annihi- lated, fooj would be loathed, torturing pains would ingade the small of the back, and the head would ache to burst ing.
 Suppose the kidneys shut up shop, danger most imminent, suiferings un- bearabie, and death more certain, would be the speedy and unen1iable result. If the little workshops of the eyes should close, in an hour he could not ohut hOt olcA tAeln WltnOub pnSSlcal force, and in another hour he would be blind; or ii those of the tongue should close, it would become dry as a bone and stiff as steel. To keep such com plication of machinery in working or der for a lifetime is miracle of wis dom; but to work them by the pleas ures of eating and drinking is mira cle of beneiicence.- -NedicGt Journal.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1887-04-09
UIalic.

Severed. oh. Lordi the silver cord that bound her unto iiel In wi ite saui Q she sleeps tonight who should have hHGn my wife. Oh. Vasey Vunc beyond the main in tears and sick-ci tn bow The sai ,tiy mri fly wiles betrayed is pale and pu srlcss now. From snPtr gnd ti +cr tO the starry sphere of Christ who c ucifie She pnssed away but yesterday, and now she is my bridn. Ayel asi. spread upon thy head for murder ed U nis. Yet, O.. forgiven by man and Heaven thou cNnsi q h pe 10 be- For though forgiven by man. yet Heaven will be avengo, on thee! l was a thrall cf s dgeNocd Hall, thou vert a wit s,rrCs E | ard slaves untold and fair D, sscs,iHns wid d'; Ye wis nl.s f P sae confessed her love at YetI " g bann, Ii. for, oLl her hand her father pledged tO tiee. WO w,rtE that iourl Wo worth thy power, thlt eyer sh, uld bcl s"em 70 tiT c upon her face tender look of love. R,h c ''d nrw from hnr rapt brow, white lily 4 look f F me T d not for thee, false father
 f thr deadl A look for me, Il d not for thee, 10 whom she Awayi Awdyl Nor longer stay to weep her l1Cr li sid She is no! tin,, but ony mlne-forevermore my bride! Kiss. swcr,csi. kiss Inc unto bhss-I twine will in ray hair These ii y flow CTS fr m bridal bowers-they maSc thee look more fair, Kiss, sweetest kiss ms urtl blss-I place upon thy haai This hii al Iirg--nAN let us wing our way to dis am and. Kiss, sweetest kiss me unto blissl-O, God I do but rivel Within an hour my star and flower will be within the grave. Ger pines and pHalss the shrif winds shriek, while up the wink ed sands The haggard sea cries piteUusly and wrings and W ines it's hands. The moon lu. ks cut from her redoubt within the CIV tug sky, What tim" j.e Sn"l of passing bell tolls from
 the chapel uigh. The mass Is sni ,, iLcy bear the dead with sol cun tread aw v. To sleep and cepwi hin the deep, dark home in cnurchyar., clay Until the last iDng uumpct blnst upon the ju igiuent dAy. And um left of all bereft to walk my lonely way.
 Win Hubbard-Kernan, in \. Y. Mercury.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1887-04-09
The Galley Slaves.

The gang of galley slaves was seated in close order on benches covered with coarse sacking rudely stuffed, over which were thrown buli9cks hiies Five or six of them occupied a bench 10 or II feet long. To footbo;urd be- meath each man was aftacied by chain endiag in an iron band, riveted round ore of his ankles The benches were % close together that as one TOW of them pushed forward their oar, the arms and oar of the row behind were projected over their pended backs. The size and weight of the oar were so great that, except at the end where 1t was tapered to a manageable size. 1t was necessary to work it bv handles fixed to { e side. lie slaves wete overlooked Dy the boaiswain. lis place was on the gangway. close to the sternmost oars, where he was at ail times within hearing of the orders of the Captain. Along the gangway. as regular intervals, his mate and the driver were posted, so that the conduct of each slave was under inspection. The oars were put in motion or stopped by the sound of q silver whistle worn by the boatswain, who, with his mates, was armed with q heavy whip. of bnil' sinew to stimulate the excrtions of the slaves. When ii was necessary 10 con tinue the labor for many hours without respite, they would administer, in addi- ton to the lash, morsels of bread steep ed in wine, which they put in the mouths of the men as they rowed. If, in spite of these precautions, a-slave sank from fatigue, he was whipped un- til it was ev dent that no further work was to be obTained from him, and then thrown either into the hold, where among bilge water and ilth he had a chance of recovering his consciousness. or, if his case appeared desperate, into the sea-Don John 0f 44ustria-SU- lljliia,a Sttrltng MarOeH.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1887-04-09
The I1artn,s In,eriar.

If we go down a deep Aine we find that the TO k at the bottom is hotter than at the top; if we sink a very deep well the water comes up warm By observations of this kind it has been found that the earth gets hotter the deeper down we go into it; the rate at which the temperature increases is net everywhere the same, but on the aYcr- age it may be put at l deg. Fahrenheit for every 50 feet we go down.
 We have been able to get only a very little way down into the earth. nowhere as much as $ mile. and therefore we can not say how far down the tenpera- ture continues to rise, or whether the rate at which ii increases is the same at all depths. But what little we do know makes it all but certain that the earth is very much hotter inside than at the surface. For consider what would happen if we were to put coating of clay some inches thick round a red hot cannon ball. The heat from the ball would travel or be conducted through the clay slowly, because clay does not allow heat to pass rapidly through it. StiIl there wonid be constant flow of beat from the b.ll through the clay, and this heat when it reached the out side of the clay covering would pass away or be radiated into the air. In the end the ball would grow cold.
 Now ir the case of the earth, we know that we have an outside cold shell which corresponds to the clay coating. Whether the earth is hot ali through lils9 the cannon ball we are not certain, but we have found that DOT ton of it, an interior shell, is hotter than the outside crust. The heat from this hot part must be constantly flow ing away through the outside shell and passing off into space, and unless there something which constantly supplies fresh heat the inside hot shell would be- fore this have grown as cold as tbe outside crust. This has not happened, so there must be something which keeps furnishing the shell with neat and makes il cool much more slowly than it otherwise would. Several pos sible ways of keeping up this supply oi heat have been sCggcsted; the most likely explanation is that the inside of the earth is very much hotter even than these warm depths we have been able to get down 10. Good li orRs.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1887-04-09

SpeelaI rates for other metals. bullion, etc. Prompt attention given samples by mail Spe- els eare taken with all tests and assays. Ores smelted in large quantities. Assaying taughx at moderate rates
 REFERENCES: TuoaoN- Hudson < Co. L. Zocken Co, ". c. Davis, James Buell.. SAN FBA%cIsco-J. NJ. Rufhnx ss yy Union Cen. & NJ Co, F. GcldSn Stnte l--.,,sAsosp.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1887-04-09

Some thirty-six years ago, by pre- mature explosion of gunpowder, an iron bar B feet long, II inches in di- ameter, and weighing 13l pounds, was shot completely through mans head and perforated his brains. The man walked up 8 flight of stairs after the accident, and gave his account of how it happened. Although his life was despaired of for some time, he devel- oped no paralysis, nor did marked im- pairme1t of his intellectual faculties follow convalescence. Eventually he recovered his health. Twelve years elapsed before his death, during which time he worked as laborer CD a farm. -Pittsbugq DtSpatch
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1887-04-09
The Art of oiling Shoes.
A one-armed bootblack having taI

A one-armed bootblack having taken the contract to oil the shoes Of re- porter. after the preliminary brushing began by rubbing the leather with wet cloth. When asked what it was for. he explained. ''When 1 began this business" said the operator, paus- ing a moment to cast an admiring glance at the high, aristocratic arch of the gatherer' s instep. 'I used to keep on rubbing the oil into the leather until a man told me to stop. l thought they'd know when they had enough, and l wanted to give satisfaction. Some of my customers complained that the oil soaked through their boots and saturated their socks. 1 thought per hals 1 had been putting on t0o much oil, but the same fault was found in several cases where l had been more careful. Finally an old shoemaker whom knew came along, and asked him what ought to do to save my trade. He told me never to oil shoe until had wet it first. The reason was that water would penetrate the leather and, remaining there, prevent the oil from soaking through. Be- sides, the water would soften the leath- CT and open it so that the oil would do the leather more good. My trade has prospered ever since.
 Fl was oiling man up one day and he asked me the same question you did. When 1 explained the reason, he said that it was on the same principle as that of painting kerosene barrels. told him l thought they were painted blue just to look nice. He said it was to prevent the barrels from leaking During a long voyage or a long jour ney by rail, sometimes half barrel of oil would leak through the pores of the wood and evaporate. So some sharp fellow began to study some way of preventing such loss. He first paint ed the barrel blue on the outside and then filled it with water and allowed it to stand until it had soaked up all it would. Then the oil was put in. The water kept the oil from soaking into the V ood, and the paint on the outside kept the water from coming out. He got Deetant on his discovery, and now he sits in his office and draws his royal ty of per cent on every barrel made to hold kerosene. He's got a mighty soft thing on oil barrels.-Net0 Yer.t AdI and Express.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1887-04-09

There was never any end to this sen tenee. MT. Esterfield stopped it with a kiss.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1887-04-09

There is no doubt about it, Sealskin cloaks must go. For years doctors have inveighed against them as being unsanitary, but so long as they were scarce they held their sway notwith- standing. Now they are voted com mon by the fashionable dame, and the seslskin plushes are helping to drive th0sa to the wall. What will take their place in my lady's wardrobe is not so clear, but certain it is that to the much-hur9ed seal is ecminga season of immunity from untimely death Tt the hands of tue fur-hunters - E3aqdeL- Phia RscgrG
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1887-04-09
Beer Under tha Plan.aseness.

Beer under the Piantagenets was bad-what can you expect when the regulation price was two gallons q penny in-ai4i-asv u11el four gaIIons for the same money in the the country? A great deal of it was made of wheat, and-to take off its nawkishness it was favored with spices, and Gike the brandy we send to West African chiefsl v-i+'s ;--, Der. ne stomach of that day demand ed spicy drinks. Wine was very gen. erally drunk as hypocras-i. C., mixed with ginger, cinnamon. long pepper. and sugar. Chaucer WAS a wine mer- chants son, had his daily pitcher of wine from the royal table, and was Controller of the Customs of Wine and Wool in the port of London. Of his franklin, or country squire, he says; "A better envyred man was no wler non.
 II snewed in his hous of mete and dinke."
 Tie sumpnour (summonser before the Bishops court) was fond of strong win as rede as blood;' but when he was well drunk he still had his wits about him. He would. indeed, "crie as he were wood, [madj," but at the same time, ..tien wold ne spoken no word but Latin.
 The British sailor behaved in way which soon taught the French to use double casks.
 Full many draught of win he hadde draw From burdeux wood while that the chapman
 siepe;
 Of nice conscience tolle he no kepe.
 Still in spite of losses. the ''chapmen" could afford to sell Borleaux in Lon don so cheap that it was retailed in l342 at 4d. Il gallon, Rhenish costing 6d. Wine grew rapidly dearer; the hundred years war must have thrown a vast breadth of vineyards out of cul- tivation. All the Year Round.